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Friday, January 31, 2014

Mesetiah are a band from Finland that plays a very heavy and brutal form of death metal and this is a review of their 2014 ep "Tesis" which was released by 3rd Track Productions.

The ep starts out with a very heavy and brutal along with all of the musical instruments sounding very powerful along with some death metal growls and thrash influences and after awhile melody and leads are brought into the music.

As the ep continues the band stick to mostly a mid paced, old school but still brutal sound while also still utilizing catchy sounding melodies at time s as well as a small amount of groove metal elements and on the last song they spped up a bit and bring in a small amount of blast beats.

Mesetiah are another band that sticks to an old school death metal sound and while there is nothing original on this ep, the band makes up for it with their talent and their ability to play their instruments as well as adding in catchy parts to keep their music interesting.

Song lyrics cover dark and violent themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion Mestiah are a very decent sounding old school, brutal death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Legacy Of The Damned" and "Mother Of All Executions". 7/5 out of 10.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Devoid are a band from India that plays a mixture of thrash and death metal and this is a review of their 2013 ep "The invasion" which was released by Transcending Obscurity India.

The ep starts out with an intro which uses atmospheric sounds and ethnic style guitars as well as other instruments and when the music goes into the first song the ep goes for more of death thrash direction along with a mixture of growls and screams as well as groove and melody and after awhile blast beats are added into the music which also leads to solos and leads.

As the ep continues the music continues its mixture of death metal , groove and modern day thrash while also sticking to mostly a heavy mid paced direction while also speeding up a bit at times and at times there is a brief use of spoken word samples as well as the leads getting technical in certain sections of the recording.

On this ep Devoid take the heaviest elements of modern day thrash, groove and death metal to create a very decent sounding and while it is not the most original sounding album it is still another fine example of extreme metal.

Song lyrics cover political and everyday themes while also having a good sense of their own country's culture, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound along with the bass guitar s being mixed down low in the mix.

In my opinion Devoid are a very decent sounding mixture of death, groove and thrash metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Invasion" and "Brahma Weapon". 7/5 out of 10.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Without Mercy are a band from Canada that has been featured before in this zine with a musical style I would describe as being a technical form of death metal along with groove, thrash and metalcore elements and this is a review of their self released 2014 ep "Reborn".

The ep starts out with heavy guitar riffs, drums and death metal growls as well as combining many different extreme metal genres together and after awhile solos are added into the music and all of the instruments have a very powerful sound to them.

As the ep continues the music sticks to mostly a mid paced and heavy sound while also bringing in technical and melodic elements as well as a small amount of high pitched screams and there are no fast parts or blast beats being utilized a nd on the last song a brief use of clean playing is added into the music.

On this ep Without Mercy combine heavy and mid paced elements of death metal, groove and thrash together along with metalcore and technical and they show you do not have to be fast to be heavy.

Song lyrics cover violent and everyday themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound for being a self released recording where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this ep.

In my opinion this is another decent sounding recording and if you are a fan of death, groove, thrash metal and metalcore, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Worthless" and "Morphine". 7/5 out of 10.

Saturday, January 25, 2014

SystemHouse33 are a band from India that plays an experimental form of thrash metal with elements of death and groove metal and this is a review of their self released 2013 album "Depths of Despair".

The album starts out with an intro which uses ethnic musical sounds along with a dark atmosphere and after the intro the music goes into a heavy groove/thrash metal direction along with aggressive industrial style vocals and sounds as well as some death metal growls and after awhile blast beats are added into the music.

As the album continues it keeps its heavy and mid paced sound while also being more aggressive than most bands of that genre and actually having decent instead of crappy music which that genre is known for and at times melodies are brought into the recording as well as a small amount of synths and on the 5th song guitar leads are introduced and the following song there is alos a brief use of melodic singing and the growls make an even stronger presence.

On this album SystemHouse33 take modern.thrash/groove metal and make it sound very interesting by bringing in the heaviness of death metal as well as being experimental and they bring new life to a very stagnant genre.

Song lyrics cover dark themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound for being a self released recording where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion SystemHouse33 are a very decent sounding mixture of experimental, thrash, groove and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Depths of Despair" and "Resistance". 7/5 out of 10.

Human Decay are a band from Italy that plays a very old school form of death metal and this is a review of their self released 2014 ep "Filgi Di Dio".

The ep starts out with a very heavy early 90's sound along with some leads and starts adding in melody after a few seconds which also leads to some death/thrash style vocals and there is nothing modern being utilized but the ep shows a great amount of skill and talent and after awhile the death metal parts start to really kick in.

On this ep Human Decay go back to the early 90's death metal sound along with elements of thrash and while they add nothing new to the genre they show that they are very talented musicians on the 3 songs that are present on this ep.

Song lyrics are written in Italian and cover dark themes, while the production has a very dark, heavy and old school sound with the bass guitars being mixed down low in the mix.

In my opinion Human Decay are a very decent sounding old school death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this ep> RECOMMENDED TRACK "Vampiri". 7/5 out of 10.

Friday, January 24, 2014

Kuazar are a band from Paragauy that plays an old school form of death/thrash metal and this is a review of their self released 2009 album "Wrath Of God".

The album starts out with with a very heavy and old school thrash metal sound along with blast beats before adding in aggressive vocals and melody as well as an early death metal feeling as well as the bass and leads bringing a technical feeling to the recording as well as some growls.

As the album progresses it gets more fast, heavy and melodic and the music combines the early days of both death and thrash metal and on the 4th and 8th song clean guitars are added into the music before returning to a heavier direction on the next song's and adding in groove elements while also remaining true to death/thrash metal.

On this album Kuazzar take the mid 80's thrash sound and combine it with the early stages of death metal and they create an album that is very old school and heavy yet brutal all at the same time.

Song lyrics cover violent, hateful and everyday themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound for being a self released recording where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion Kuazar are a very great sounding mixture of death and thrash metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Truth Of Reality" "Inner Prison" "Hunter And Prey" and "Twenty Days in Hell". 8/5 out of 10.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Ygodeh are a band originally from Latvia but now relocated to England that plays a very symphonic, progressive and technical form of death metal and this is a review of their 2013 album "The Experiment Failed" which was released by Inverse Records.

The album starts out with symphonic sounds which bring in elements of classical music and a few seconds alter heavier parts and death metal growls start mixing in with the symphonies along with melodic guitar leads and the music also starts getting more experimental.

When the music goes into the second song faster riffs are added in while also keeping around the slower parts and symphonic elements while also adding in melody and high pitched screams and after awhile progressive and technical riffing is adding in along with the bass guitars sounding more powerful and as time goes on by elements of electronic music are added onto the record along with a small amount of blast beats and spoken word parts and on the last song there are some acoustic guitars a nd violins which also enhance the variety of the music.

Ygodeh show a great amount of originality with their music and they take 90's sounding underground death metal and mix it in with electronic, symphonic and classical music to create a sound only they can call their own.

Song lyrics cover dark and philosophical themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy, old school and professional sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion Ygodeh are a very great sounding symphonic death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album> RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "To Down" "Eternal immortal" and "Trance orchestra". 8/5 out of 10.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?

Well the band started in 2010 with just Miguel and I, and we than recruited Michael and Pedro. We successfully released a demo called "Crystal Darkness" in tape format with 3 tracks and it was great, but from there we were working on our debut ever since and FDA REKOTZ picked us up and here we are! Just a month a away to release our debut album!

2.How would you describe the musical sound that is present on the upcoming album and also how does it differ from the demo you released in 2011?

This album has a lot of old school death metal vibe and style to it,with some sort of modern metal in this album simply because we love the style! But we can easily say it's heavy, fast and bonecrushing! We believe it is a big improvement from the last demo, we got a bit more technical on this album And a better sound!

3.Can you tell us a little bit more about the lyrical topics and subjects you explore with the music?

Most of the lyrics is based off sci-fi stuff. And about the world and the evil that occurs in it. I'm a big sci-fi fan whether it comes to aliens, mutations, robots, zombies, space, etc. we love this topic! And we are going to go a different direction for lyrical theme for the second album! This album lyrical theme, we believe that people can look at these lyrics and songs like it if was a sci-fi or horror story with badass music behind it! Mainly these lyrics go around zombies, mutations, diseases and the evil that happened in this world.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Morfin'?

We had trouble coming up with the band name. We deciding on some names but then we came up wit more different options than we started changing them. Until I just decided to call the band Morfin. Well the funny thing a lot of people were asking if we actually did or do morphine, which we do not haha.The meaning behind this band name is that some or most people who do morphine wind up getting pretty addicted to it to a point of no return and that's what music or making music is to me, addicting. Music is my main drug, something I'm addicted too and something I can't live without and that's what this band and the music mean to me.

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?

One of the best shows we've had is when we played a show at the black castle in Los Angeles, it was badass! If it was after we released our first demo "Crystal Darkness" our stage performance was badass and people really loved it! There's also a video on it YouTube. I believed that was our best show out of all of them! We've had plenty of badass shows, but I think that one was the best!

6.Do you have any touring plans for the new album and 2014?

We hope to do a west coast tour with Derogatory and Skeletal Remains later this year or even a European tour would badass! We do hope to tour for this album this year!

7.On the new album you did a cover of Death's Leprosy, what was the decision behind doing your own version of this classic song?

Well Before we started writing originals, we would practice covers and that one was one of them! We would finish a good set and people would really like it. And every time we closed our set, we would play that song and people would love it even more! So we've decided to put in on the album! And mainly because Death is one of main influences! And we are paying tribute to them!

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of old school death metal?

Ever since we released our demo, people really loved it! We made 50 demo tapes and they all went out fast! And everyone was liking it! I can say we have been getting badass feedback from people and I'm sure it will be the same for this album!

9.What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?

We plan on getting more technical and evolve with our music. We are already working on the second album and so far it's sounding more badass than the 1st! We can't wait to start recording!

10.What are some bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

The main influences come from Death, Gorguts, Disincarnate, Cancer, and many more death metal bands. They're all a big inspiration to us! So far we've been listening to modern music such as Obscura, Gorguts(New Album),Derogatory's new album which is badass! But most of the time we are checking out different styles of death metal. At the moment we are stuck on Swedish Death metal. Which is amazing!!!

11.Do you have any non musical interests?

Our non musical interests would probably sports! We love sports such as basketball, Football and baseball. Art is badass and also Skateboarding!

12.Before we wrap up this interview do you have any final words or thoughts?

We just want to thank every one that has been supporting us! And big thanks to Extreme Metal Zine for setting this up and a big thanks to FDA REKOTZ! Purchase our album "Inoculation" now and get addicted to it!!

Decomposed are a band from Sweden that plays a very old school form of Swedish death metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "Devouring" which was released by Memento Mori.

The album starts out with a fast old school Swedish death metal assault along with some melodic riffing and growls as well as some blast beats and at times the music also slows down a bit which also adds more power to the bass guitars and then the album starts mixing slow and fast parts together.

As the album progresses the music remains in an old school death metal direction with no modern influences being added in and they also bring in some raw sounding guitar leads and solos at times and the music shows a lot of homage to the early 90's death metal legends and there is also a brief use of clean parts which also leads to the recording taking a darker direction.

It has been 25 years since Entombed released 'Left Hand Path' and in 2014 that sound that they created has not died out yet and Decomposed are another young band that continues the tradition and they do a great job at it while not adding in anything new but this is a great homage to that sound.

Song lyrics cover darkness and gore themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy, professional and old school sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on t his recording.

In my opinion Decomposed are a very decent sounding old school Swedish death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Devouring" "Voices of Endless Decay" and "From The Darkness". 8 out of 10.

Monday, January 20, 2014

Tortharry are a band from the Czech Republic that plays a modern form of death metal and this is a review of their 2013 album "Follow" which was released by MetalGate Records.

The album starts out with fast, heavy and brutal Swedish style death metal along with blast beats and growls as well as some screams and after awhile the band mixes fast parts with more slow and brutal riffing and the bass sounds very powerful on this recording and they also bring in solos at times.

As the album goes into other songs they stick to a more slow and brutal direction while also speeding up and adding in blast beats at times and at times melody, technical elements and more modern sounds are added into the music while also retaining a lot of old school death metal influences and updating them for 2014.

On this album Tortharry bring a more modern approach to death metal where there concentrate on mid paced parts and heaviness instead of being fast all of the time and they also show a good amount of skill with the way they play their instruments and while this is not something I listen to on a regular basis I still feel Tortharry are a very talented band and write good music.

Song lyrics cover philosophical and everyday themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion Tortharry are a very decent sounding modern day death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "100 Percent Follower" "Inner Decay" "Mislead" and "Voluntarily Blind". 7/5 out of 10.

Colosso are a band from Portugal that plays a very progressive form of death metal and this is a review of their self released 2013 ep "Thallium".

The ep begins with some ambient style drones before going into a more dark, melodic and heavy direction along with an atmospheric background which also is still around once the ep goes pass the intro and acoustic guitars are added in which also leads to some powerful bass and guitar riffs.

As the ep progresses the music goes for a more modern and heavy direction as well as adding in faster elements and blast beats while also bringing in heavy groove elements as well as some synths and on the 4th song death metal growls are finally added into the music along with a small amount of melody and on the 6th song acoustic guitars are added into the music.

On this ep Colosso display a great amount of skill and talent along with a good amount of heaviness and while this is not my favorite style of death metal, I can still enjoy this band because of the fact they are not afraid to experiment with their music.

Song lyrics cover philosophical themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound for being a self released recording where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this ep.

In my opinion Colosso are a very decent sounding progressive and experimental death metal b and and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Ecosystem" and "Minus Infinity". 7/5 out of 10.

Friday, January 17, 2014

1.Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?

Band is doing just fine. We are just about to start rehearsing our liveshow for gigs and we have also started to write some new material for the next album already, so we are walking strongly with the left hand path, creating new manifestations for the band.

2.How would you describe the musical sound of the new album and what are some of the things you where able to bring out with the new recording that you where not able to do with previous releases?

I think there was nothing that we weren't able to do with Swallowed By The Void, but that album is just different compared to this one. I think the previous one was pretty much what we wanted that time and with this new one, we wanted to do things a different approach. I'm really happy how Towards Divine Death turned out. If you listen our releases starting from Monument... -demo and ending with Towards Divine Death, you might notice how our material has been going forward all the time. I think that stuff we made 10 years ago, is more like Swedish Death Metal style and not so much our own things in there, when compared to where we are now. Now I can't hear any clear Swedish influences, but more things all around the world mixed in by our own style.

3.Can you tell us a little bit more about the lyrical topics you have covered with the new release?

Well, the lyrical themes are pretty much same as our last album, hatred, occultism, doom of religions, Satan... There are lyrics added in booklet, so everyone who's interested can read them and make their own opinion of what our songs are about. The lyrics and the art is connected, but some of the connections might not be so clear, so you might need to think a bit.

4.I have read that the band has been around since the 90's, but took a break for a few years, can you tell us a little bit more about the hiatus?

I think there has been enough of talking about the early days of Lie in Ruins. That time was long ago and what really matters, is that Tuomas and Roni S. dug the grave open and we were able to become a real band and start writing new material for his glory. What brought us back? Probably the pure love for Black and Death Metal and and better skills to handle our instruments.

5.The last album came out in 2009 and the new one is scheduled to come out in 2014, what has been going on during those 5 years?

"Well, I don't think that's a long time... At least it doesn't feel like it, but that might be because we are involved a different bands and projects, like Neutron Hammer, Perdition Winds, Desolate Shrine, Supreme Court, and all of those have been releasing or working on albums during these last five years, so all of us have been quite busy. The actual writing of the new album was supposed to start pretty soon after the first album, but as I said, there

were plenty of things to do. When we finally started the actual writing process, everything happened quite fast. We had some kind of a vision about what we wanted this album to be and we weren't planning to do any long songs, but it turned out that to give enough air for these songs to breathe and grow as powerful as needed, they would all be quite long. Instead of making classic verse/chorus -parts, we decided to make songs grow all the time and bringing new riffs in along the way instead of repeating the same ones. Writing these songs this way felt kind of natural this time and I'm really satisfied about how the album turned out. I know some people will definitely hate it just because it's so damn long, but I don't really give a fuck. If people start complaining once again that our album is too long, then the next one will be even longer, ha ha."

6.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Lie In Ruins?

The name is something that describes the music, lyrics and visual side of the band. It is a state-of-being and a state-of-mind, both literally and metaphorically speaking.

7.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?

Best shows I can remember for us - Touring with Nifelheim and Master here in Finland, especially in Jyväskylä where we had a sauna backstage. Best thing ever. Also playing at Lithuanian Devil's Stone Festival was a blast. And last summer, the Finnish festival Steelfest was really great. There was a lot of people watching and everything was really well on stage. About our stage performance... I think it would be better to ask someone who has attended our shows.

8.Do you have any touring or show plans once the new release is out?

We have agreed on a couple of gigs currently and discussing to book a few more. Would be nice to do some festivals also so let's see...

9.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to the new album by those that have heard it so far?

The feedback has been really good, maybe even better than we expected and the album isn't even out yet, while I'm writing this.

10.What is going on these days with the other musical projects the band members are involved with?

This was answered pretty much in question 5...

11.What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?

We are of course venturing to new paths with our music, while still keeping our "familiar characteristics", but we'll have to see what will be next...

12.What are some bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your newer music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

I'm sure there are a lot of influences from many bands we listen to, but it's kind of hard to say which band. Listener might hear it easier than us, since we are maybe a bit too close to our own material.We are listening to many bands, but the best view at those bands we recommend others to listen, is listed within our new album's hailing booklet. That's actually one thing that we miss from 90's: Back then when there was no internet and we were always checking thanks list from our favorite albums and looking for new bands to get into.

13.How would you describe your views on Occultism?

I wouldn't. To talk about occultism, we would need a lot of space, since it's a subject that can not be typed down just by couple of sentences... You could say that occultism defines us, but I'm sure that people who are patient enough to open the lyrics and see the artwork for our album will pretty much know what we stand for.

14.Outside of music what are some of your interests?

Well, I like to collect skulls and other human bones. Other than that, something that all the guys in our band enjoy is good whiskeys and beers. We also appreciate the nature, being in the woods (not the band), fishing... all the good stuff.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Soreption are a band from Sweden that plays a very heavy, brutal and technical form of death metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "Engineering The Void" which will be released by Unique Leader.

The album begins with heavy and technical guitar riffs, leads and drums along with blast beats, screams and growls as well as a mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and the bass guitars sound very powerful on this recording.

When t he other songs are brought in you can hear melody and groove being mixed in with the heavy, brutal and technical parts as well as the solos bringing in a good amount of melody and every song stands out and sounds different from each other while also remaining true to technical death metal all at the same time and on the 3rd song synths are brought into the music and they bring in a classical music feeling to the record as well as having a symphonic feeling to it and they are also used on other tracks as well.

On this album Soreption display a great amount of skill and talent and also bring in groove and symphonic elements to their technical approach to death metal and it also makes the music have a more original sound to it.

Song lyrics cover philosophical and utopian themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion Soreption are a very decent sounding technical death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The nature of Blight" "Utopia" and "I Am You". 7/5 out of 10.

Morfin are a band from California that plays an old school form of death metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "Innoculation" which will be released by FDA Rekotz.

The album starts out with dark sounding synths before going into a fast old school death metal assault along with some growls and when the music slows down you can hear some powerful sounding bass and at times blast beats are brought in as well as solos that go back to the mid 80's and early 90's area of death metal.

On the other songs the band continues their old school death metal sound and I can not hear any modern influences being utilized on this record and you can tell the early works of Death have had a huge impact on this band and a lot of songs on this recording pay perfect homage to that legendary band and at times you can hear elements of thrash being added into the music.

While there is no originality on this album Morfin do play some great sounding old school death metal and all of these songs could of easily been recorded in the 80's and could of be mistaken for lost Death tracks.

Song lyrics cover evil, deception and negativity themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and old school sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion Morfin are a very decent sounding old school, death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Evil Within" "Identity Killer" "Primordial" and "Leprosy" which is a Death cover.7/9 out of 10.

Friday, January 10, 2014

This is a review of a split album between France's Skelethal and Sweden's Inisans called '2012 Demos" which was released by Caligari Records and we will start off the review with Skelethal a band that plays an old school form of death metal.

Their side of the split starts out with some dark sounding synths and spoken word parts and a few seconds later it goes into some heavy guitar riffs and leads along with some drums and a minute later it goes into a faster direction along with some blast beats and growls.

As their side of the split progresses their music starts to get more brutal in an early 90's direction and when they use guitar leads it brings back memories of the old Florida bands while the slower side of their music is very dark and heavy sounding.

Skelethal are another band that goes back to the old school death metal sound instead of sounding modern and this sounds like it could of been recorded and released in 1991 and while it is not original it is still very good quality OSDM.

Song lyrics cover dark and morbid themes, while the production h as a very dark, raw, heavy and old school sound along with the bass guitars being mixed down low in the mix.

In my opinion Skelethal are a very great sounding dark, old school death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Death Returns" and "Show Me the Wrath". 8 out of 10.

Next up is Inisans another band that plays an old school form of death metal.

Their side of the split opens up with human torture sounds before going into a more fast and raw and old school death metal direction along with some blast beats and growls and after awhile they start mixing slow and fast parts together as well as adding high pitched screams to the music.

When t hey go into the other songs the music starts getting more dark and morbid sounding along with a mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as bringing in some evil sounding old school guitar solos.

Inisans play some well executed old school death metal on their side of the recording and they bring in the best elements of the mid 80's and early 90's and you can also hear a small amount of thrash influences in their music.

Song lyrics cover darkness, gore and death themes, while the production has a very dark, heavy, raw and old school sound to it in an early 90's tradition.

In my opinion Inisans are a very great sounding old school death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Welcome To Hell" and "Morbid Visions Of Death". 8 out of 10.

In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of old school death metal. RECOMMENDED BUY.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Anarchos are a band from the Netherlands that plays an old school form of death metal and this is a review of their 2014 ep "Descent Into The Maelstrom" which was released by Vic Records.

The ep starts out with some death metal guitar riffs, drums and growls and a few seconds later it starts adding in fast parts and melody and a few minutes later solos are added into the music and the music sticks to an old school death metal formula on other songs and stick to a more 90's direction and at times they also add blast beats to the music.

As the ep progresses the guitar leads start utilizing more melody which reminds me of the early 90's death metal sound while the rhythm guitars are in the more old school Dutch Direction along with some German influences and when they bring in a mixture of mid paced and fast parts the music starts getting more brutal.

On these 5 songs that are present on this ep, the band shows that they know there death metal very well and you can these guys are veterans with more than 20 years of experience and while this is the most original sounding recording it is still very good quality old school death metal.

Song lyrics cover darkness and gore themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and old school sound along with the bass guitars being mixed down low in the mix.

In my opinion Anarchos are a very great sounding old school death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this mini album> RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Morbid Ways to Decay" and "Tales Of the Mutilated Remains". 8 out of 10.

1.Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?

Well...We're now facing a difficult situation: we're trying to fix a new solid and durable line-up and this kind of adjustement needs time.
We know that it's only a matter of time but we need to find the right people for this band.

2.How would you describe the musical sound that is present on the ep and also how do you feel it stands out from other progressive death metal bands?

Our first EP sounds a little bit "rough", it cannot represent the sound of Chaos Plague anymore!
I think we can only make a "declaration of intent": with the album we want to create a mix that will be a perfect mix of Death and Progressive sounds, trying to be as original as possible.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?

We always had the aim to talk about meaningful topics like life, existance and inner sensations, everything that can be found in Human Nature.
There's a lot of evil and hate, rage, fury...but also meditation, heavy existentialist questions, a great space for contemplate the human being.

4.I know that the band names comes out of the writings of Nietzsche, can you tell us a little bit more about your interests in this German philosopher?

It's "only" a good starting point: Nietzsche identify himslef, in one of his letters, as the "Writer of Chaos" and we have extended this concept, bounded to this ancient force, to represent the inner strenght of that minority of humans that can strive for the Ubermensch status.
It's like an ambivalent and potent force that can annihilate everything or create something totally firm and lead the over man to the Ubermensch condition, but to be a man with this inner spark makes you a reject, a plagued.
This is, as I said, a starting point, we don't put frontiers to our lyrics with the exception that we want deep subjects!

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?

I think we can mention the "FullMoon Fest" at the Fico d'India Live Club when we were headliner of an intense Metal bill, a great day for the band, the live at the Blue Rose Saloon, when we opened the show for Italian Death Metal legend Faust, that's a great honor for us!
Last but not least we've to count also the Mozzate Metal Drone gig, last year, we were REALLY broken before gettin' on stage but that was a great day!
As we've always said, we prefer a "Cannibal Corpse aptitude": get on the stage, kill people with Music and nothing else, tear down the walls, THEN get off. End.

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?

We're recording our first album (Abviously with a lot of delays because of line-up's matter) so, for now, we're not accepting shows or searching for live gigs. Untill album will be ready, we want to focus our energies on it.

7.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?

Yes, there's something moving but I cannot tell more about this matter.

8.Are there any other musical projects besides this band or is this a full time line up?

This is a totally full time Line-Up: being part of a band that wants to create something new and personal it's a great responsability and this genre is quite hard, so it would be nearly impossible to manage other bands or projects!
Besides that many of us are still studyig at University....so the time is really little and present situation in Italy isn't a great one...live with Music is always been impossible here...nownow more than ever.

9.What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?

I think that we are a band that has a typical signature but we've quite a distance to make. We want to mantain our Prog/Death aptitude and increase both this aspect. But this is what we are and what we will be.

10.What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

I cannot answer this question without sayng Cynic, Illogicist and a lot of Death Metal from all over the world!!
When I've this kind of Music in my head THEN I've hear the first preview of Obscura's Cosmogenesis (1 year before the official Release if I remember properly, Anticosmic Overload was presented in a promo-Disc) and that was something that drives me in the right direction for our Music. But we are NOT a clone-band, sure as hell, we have our own personality.
Nowadays I'm listening to Obscura a lot, Cynic (Focus and Traced in Air), Gordian Knot and a lot of Death Metal like Pestilence, Martyr, Cannibal Corpse, Necrophagist, Faust, Illogicist...recentely I've recovered Avantasia 's first album..I like to listen to a lot of Music!!
....I don't like the new Djent wave, I dont' appreciate at all band like Born of Osiris or Periphery.
I'm not that kind of Metal listener that does not appreciate experimental metal, I like In Flames ('till Come Clarity), UneXpect, Animals as Leaders, Exivious....etc..etc..
I'm listening a lot of Prog also, like Spiral Architect, Twisted into Form...and something from Fusion: Uzeb, Pastorius, Gambale..

11.Outside of music what are some of your interests?

Well I like to read a lot, but I've no so much time...University, home, family and Music drain a lot of my day
We're really attached to a Metal Festival that we've created some yeas ago, called Mozzate Metal Drone, and it's very important to us. It's an annual event that allow metal bands of our country to show their art and play on a stage immersed into greenery inside a beautiful park, here in our town, Mozzate. An event for Musicians created by Musicians, free entry and great respect for art and Metal Music from our country!

12.Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

We believe in this project with all our passion, strenght and total commitment. Our music comes from that feelings and we're very proud of our work! We're very impatient for this album because we want to see our strain, blood and art materialized in this first, important step of our career! Because we have great ambition and passion for music.
There's a lot of people who support us, some of them are from country far from Italy..and this is great, it's a big pleasure from us, we want to continue to do art that can mean something to this people and for other that will listen to it!!

And, as usual, "CHAOS UPON US ALL"!!! Support Metal Music all over the World!

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Existential Symmetry are a duo from Florida that plays an instrumental and progressive form of death metal and this is a review of their self titled and self released 2010 ep.

The ep starts out with some bass guitars and psychedelic sounds before adding in heavy and melodic sounding guitar riffs and drums along with some solos as well as a small amount of blast beats and synths and the music also adds in spoken word samples.

As the ep progresses it starts mixing in more brutal elements along with some Nintendo music which also add more strength to the progressive nature of the music and the music also adds in some powerful sounding bass guitars at times as well as some jazz influences and on the last song there is a brief use of acoustic guitars.

On these 5 songs that the band displays on this ep have a lot of variety to them, one minute the music will be very heavy sounding death metal one second, progressive guitar leads the next second and then the band goes into an avant garde jazz direction, with all of these musical styles mixed it makes it hard to put the band in a particular category.

Song themes cover Existentialism, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound for being a self released recording where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this ep as well as the last song being very long and epic in length.

In my opinion Existential Symmetry are a very great sounding instrumental, progressive death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Imposed Nadir" and Teaching your Shadow to Be Still". 7/5 out of 10.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Perversity are a band from Slovakia that has been featured before in this zine with a musical style i would describe as being dark and blasphemous sounding brutal death metal and this is a review of their 2014 mini cd "Infamy Divine" which was released by Lavodome Productions.

The music starts out with some heavy guitar riffs and drums along with some dark sounding melodies and the music starts adding in faster parts and death metal growls while also utilizing a good amount of mid paced sections and high pitched screams and you can hear the bass guitars on the record and then the music starts incorporating blast beats in certain parts of the music along with old school death metal guitar solos.

When we get more into the ep you can hear traits of both Polish and Florida death metal influences being added into the music and the album sticks to a true death metal sound and does not utilize much in the way of modern influences which leads to an all out old school death metal assault that pays homage to the ancient ones of this musical genre and on the second song there is a brief use of pianos which enhance the darkness this music produces and then the band goes into a more brutal direction with the next song and remains in the same direction until the outro which closes the album with a very dark sounding orchestra piece.

Song lyrics cover Occultism, Darkness and Blasphemous themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from perversity and if you are a fan of blasphemous old school death metal, you should check out this mini cd. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Angel Of Prostitution" and "Incest Of Flesh". RECOMMENDED BUY.